'The McGinty' is the pseudonym given to the landholder who owned the glen in which the Great Northern Divers were nesting in Great Northern?. The McGinty is initially hostile to the crew of the Sea Bear, but when the destructive intentions of Mr Jemmerling become known, he helps to protect the divers.

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The McGinty's actual name, along with placenames and navigation chart numbers, was suppressed to keep the location of the divers secret. Dorothea suggested the name McGinty, named after the late Irish husband of the Farlands' widowed Glaswegian housekeeper Mrs McGinty.